Reducing Atrazine Losses: Water Quality Implications of Alternative Runoff Control Practices

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Harman, Wyatte L ^a   Wang, E ^b   Williams, J R ^a  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HEALTH HAZARDS; HERBICIDES; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

RUNOFF CONTROL; SPLITTING; TILLAGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; HERBICIDE; RUNOFF;

AUTUMN; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILTER; GRASS; GRASS FILTER; MAIZE; NO TILLAGE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POND; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POND; SORGHUM; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WETLAND;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346373833     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.7000     Document Type: Review

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